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lion of the Stale Al-
llMoe wee bold io the boll of the
Booee of RepreeentotWee oommenolnff
ol S'JO o’clock. An odjournmeni for
tho aiffhl woe not reached until on
oorlf hoar In the morning the loet
portion of the evening being devoted
to odlecaeelon of the affaire of the
Stole Alliance Exchange-the busl-
neee end of the^orranlxatloo, which le
la oharge of Ool. D. P. Duncan.
Ooagreeeman W. Jasper Talbert waa
among thoee present, as was also Con
gressman J. Wm. Blokes, the latter
oelng a delegate. The attendance was
not as large as was expected.
This was the 12th annual meeting of
the Alliance, and President J. C. WU-
bora was In the chair. He anaounced
the following appointments for this
moating:
Chaplain—Rev. J. A. SUgh.
Steward—W. H. Yeldell.
Assistant Steward—Frankhn Bailey.
Doorkeeper—J.O.Jacques. r
Assistant Doorkeeper—W. W. F.
Bright. w \ f
Sergeant-at-Arms—S. T. McKeown.
The exercises of *tfae convention were
opened vtfth prayer by the chaplain,
the Rev. J. A. Slfgh.
The following officers of the State al*
1 lance were present:
President—J. C. Wllborn.
Vice President and Lecturer—J. R.
Blake.
Secretary and Treasurer—J. W.
Reid.
Executive Committeemen—W. N.
Elder, J. 8. Shuler and Joe. L. Keltt.'
THX DELBOATER
The roll of counties was called and
the delegates presented their creden
tials. The president appointed a com
mittee on credentials, consisting of O
P. Goodwyn, A. C. Lyles and A. P.
Hutchinson, to whom the credentials
were submitted. The roll of delegates
> finally made up as follows :
Abbeville—R. E. Hill.
Aiken—R. H. Timmerman.
Oraageburg-
Plckeoe—W.
Anderson -J. B. Douthlt.
Barnwell—J. K. Shelling.
Berkeley—T. S. Browning.
Chester—S. T. McKeown.
Colleton—J. O. Jacques.
Dorchester—L. E Parler.
Edgefield—W. II. Timmerman.
Florence—A. P. Hutchinson
Horry—J. A. Lewis.
Kershaw—J. L. Cetoe.
Lancaster—J. C. Elliott.
Laurens—O. P. Goodwyn.
Lexlngtm—D. F. Kflrd.
Marlon—S. W. Smith.
Marlboro—W. D. Evans.
Newberry—J. L. Keltt.
Oooeee—J. C. Alexander.
t-J. W. Stokes.
W. F. Bright.
Richland-B. C. DuPre.
Spartanburg —J. W. Reid.
„ Union— A. C. Lyles.
York—J T. Ashe
le addition to the above, the follow
lag from the sub-alliances Indicated
ware present: M6, Summerville, Lei
lagtoa oouaty, James U. Addy; CK3,
Rightwsll, M. K. Frick ; 301, Sedalta,
J. F Bailey ; 732, Foard, K. L Win-
gard ; 716, Marlon Dlstall, C H. Ale
wlae ; J76, M t Pilgrim, J. A. Sllgb.
THE ALXJANCI ORt.AN,
Ool. Jaasae A. Hoyt, of Greaavllla,
the publisher of The Cotton Plant, the
alllaacs organ, was admitted by unnol
moos consent, and made an Interest
lag ad drees la relsresoe to the affairs
Of the paper, la regard to which
several members made cordial
si
good they
luck to glv
rnxaiuxNT’s annual addkesh.
President Wllborn then delivered
his aaaual address as follows :
Brothar Alllaaoemen of South Caro-
Uaa:
It la with great pleasure that 1 meet
aad greet you tonight at thl*, our 12th
aaaual meeting. 1 desire to talk and
plead with you and your brother al
llaaoemen about the condition of the
great farming Interests of this coun
try. I have no sympathy for tbs cala
mity howler, who goes about con
tinually aaakiag wbom be may devour.
I have no sympathy for tbe man, farm
er or organisation that goeth about
with upflflnd - hands, crying with a
loud voice. It Is to the plain, honest,
bard working farmer that my sympa
thies go; he that labors and expends
all his energies and intellect toward
the upbuilding of his home and ooun-
^t is not luck, but pluck, that we
want There are thoee who crave a
do not eafn, and pray to
_lve what does not belong to
them.
. It is a feverish covetousness which
cries out, “ The world owes me a llv-
lag aad a living I’ll have,” and so they
gat It as best they may. They fancy
that avery i loh and honored man has
got his goods by some turn of luck,
aad they feel that he hrs no special
right to his property or his honor.
Aad so they will get either from him
If they can ; they regard the world not
as a great hive of Industry, but a
scheme of chance, on which fools and
Idlara have as fair a show as talent
aad labor. It is not "luck, but pluck,”
which weaves the web of life ; It U
pluck which turns the wheel of for
tune; it is pluck that amasses wealth,
that crowns men with honors, and
'that forges the luxuries of life.
Pluck Is whole-hearted energy, gen-
ulae^braverjr of soul. That man Is to
. to go a
living and a competence in the great
field of human exertion. He is the
man of luck—bad luck. Poor fellow,
ha lost his luck when he lost his pluck.
Bad pluck is bad luck; men lose their
luck by letting their energies eke
through bad habits and unwise pro
jects.
I desire to urge greet fidelity to
wards organising your county alliance;
it is being doce all over the State. If
there Is a man here who thinks it
should not be done, let him say why
not. I tall you organisation la essen
tial to the welfare ef the farming In
terest, as well as any other interest.
You see the lawyers united in their
bar aseoclatlon, the merchants in their
board of trade, board of oommeroe,
etc. You tea the churches organized
by synods, presbyteries, conferences,
associations, conventions and so forth.
Our towns art organised under
gular municipal organisations for the
prolaotlou of Ufa aad property ; so la
'Elate aad nation organised for pro
of Ufa aad property. Our
moaat navy and army is organ-
od equipped upon scientific prlu-
aad this solaatifio organization
but ruoently shown Us straagth,
ability and patriotism. Today our
Is spoken of la tbe
royal courts of tba old world with honor
aad respect. Oar nation Is respected
beoaose she has an organised force be
hind her'that Is able to commend re
spect. j
The farmer, ia justloe to'himself,
should be organized,
First,* For his home beat fit.
Second, For his individual baaaflt.
Second, For his individual benefit.
Third, For his community's benefit.
Fourth, For his State’s benefit.
Fifth, For his national benefit. *
Home, Ob I sweet home, how many
3 wset recollections linger about the
ear old platted Hare-ws learn to lisp
tba first sweet name—mother—and
hear tbe first lullaby of creation, as
life expands and grows; we form our
habits; they, In turd, commence to
build our characters, which shall be
for weal or woe.
How important it Is that we should
be free boro and have a competency so
that our first days shall be filled with
peans of joy, gratitude and fortitude,
and not with cries of anguish maledic
tions and pringlng servitude. He that
is in debt cannot be free, nor will his
home always be a castle. I bare had
much to do with cotton growers’ un
ions ; I have urged a decrease of acre
age, Intensive farming, and always
Insisted on diversifying the crops, and
I recommend that, as many alllanoe-
man as possible attend the wheat
growers’ convention in Greenwood in
August. '
You know the cardinal principle of
the alliance has always been ^to raise
your hog and homtey at home. r ‘lt has
been followed by so many alliancemen
until today we find our people better
able to stand five cent cotton than they
were to stand seven cent cotton when
it came.
If our people were out of debt they-
could and would control the ^>rlce of
cotton. If we could bold our cotton for
a price above cost of production, we
oould soon get out of debt. As It Is we
are sinking deeper and deeper In debt.
Did you ever think of the fearful preci
pice that our financial system has
brought upon (bis country ; think of
the Amount of interest that Is paid ;
our system Is dog eat dog. We expect
to make a living by swapping dollars.
We should as soon expect a cow pen of
calves to fatten by gnawing each
others’ ears.
The man who pays interest pays
something for which he receives no
equivalent, it Is tribute of labor to
opulence. It Is tribute of slave to mas
ter. Tbe Interest bearing obligations
In tbe United States, via: government
bonds, State bonds, county bunds,
bridge bonds, school nouie bunds, road
bonds, court house, townsbip, city,
town and all other government, State
and municipal obligations, railroad
bonds, railroad stock (real and water
ed), street railway stocks and bonds,
water company bonds and stock, elec
tric light'ng bonds and stock, the
bonds and stock of all other manufac
turing corporations, syndicates, trust
stock, brewery stock and boooe, real
estate mortgage Indebtedoees, per
sonally secured Interest-bearing notes
In bank, aad unsecured Intereu-buar-
log obligations are estimated to make
a grand total of tblrly-lhrea tbou«aad
millions of dollars ; some estimate it
to be forty thousand million. i’*rt of
this Interest due on Ibis appa.liag
sum is due In England, part In Usrlia,
part lr Hamburg, part la Paris, part
la Boston, New York and Philadcl-
bla;part payable to your nel* bbor.
Itagoal;
ap aad call as blessed.
Finally, brethren, after a fair aad
manly vlnw of the alliance organisa
tion, I would anggeat that the qualifi
cation for membership be enlarged la
order to make it possible for all partlee
whose greatest interests are la the
farm shonld be received In full mem-1 formidable
fft-
bersblp. We have per hap# been a
tie exclusive, aad In tipee past parting
who should have beet with us were
alienated for no gfod reason,
PUal
Tba Cotton riant la thareoognised
organ of the allianee. I therefore take
great pleasure In urging It upon your
attention, and take plaasure In saying
thjUt ia a worthy paper.
ut It is a waste of tbe natluo's life
blood.
At 9 per cent, the annuel Uu-reet
drain on Individual force of the uailoa
Is two thousand, six hundred and forty
millions of dollar*. Lst us try tones
what this means. A statistical ab
stract, puollshed by the treasury de
partment at Washington, D. C., gives
tbe total va>ues for crops of I9V4 'o
even millions:
Corn
Wheat
Oats
Rye
Barley
Buckwheat rrrT.
Tobacco
Cotton
Potatoes
Hay
Wool
Sugar .........
Gold
Silver, coin...
OH and other..
&54,U*)0U0
000 Duo
1214,000 000
13.000,000
- 27,000,000
7,000,000
2» 000,000
264,000,000
01,000,000
466,000,000
24,000,000
16 000,000
36,000,000
77,000,000
be pitied who la too fearfully and cow
ardly to go and do battle for an honest
62.643,(100,000
Amazing as is this showing, there
stUl remains a deficiency, of $07,000,-
000 that must be obtained from rice
and broom corn, fisheries and forest,
to pay the Interest on the total Indebt
edness la the United States. Many of
our people are today wearing clothes
that they are paying interest on.
Many are driving horses in buggies
that are drawing Interest; many are
living In houses and using furniture
for house and beds that draw interest
on them.
Alliancemen, let me warn you; 1
want to aid you; 1 am here to address
you. Keep out of debt; don’t buy on
time; better walk to church; better
wear homespun and copperas breeches;
better go barefooted to church than
owe for shoos that you cannot pay for.
Get out of debt; get out of debt and
stay out, if you would be happy.
The great cardinal principle that
binds Alliancemen together Is that
they mav be mutually benefited finan
cially. Has the Alliance done this?
Go back to your accounts thirteen years
hat you then paid for y
hi
65 to 610
i»hM‘following committee on press
waa appointed; W. N. Elder, S. W.
Smith and J. W. Reid. V
On motion, all the members of the
alliance In good standing, and who
were in possession of the current pass
word, were Invited to seats in the hall
and to the privileges of the floor.
When the body met Thursday morn
ing the affairs of the Exchange were
again taken up, and a long discussion
ensued. Addresses were delivered dur
ing the day by State Lecturer Blake,
Congressman Talbert, President Wll
born, O. P. Goodwin, Congressman
Stokes, Rev.,J. A. Sllgb and others. %
The Alliance made a fow minor
changes in the constitution, which were
not made public.
The annual election of officers was
held, resulting in the choice of the fol
lowing: President, J. C. Alexander;
vice president and lecturer, J. R.
Blake ; secretary and treasurer, J. W.
Reid; member of the executive com
mittee for three years, J. L. Shuler.
The newly elected officers were duly
installed by Mr. W. N. Elder, of York.
D. F. Eflrd was' chosen as the Btete
Alliance’s delegate to tbe national
council of the order, which meets In
Washington In 1900, andD.P. Goodwin
was elected alternate. ' w -
The thanks of tbe body were ten
dered to the railroads for their kind
ness In granting reduced rates for the
delegates to-the State alliance.
The following resolution was unani
mously adopted :
Resolved, That tbe thanks of this
body are hereby heartily extended to
tbe retiring president for bis faithful
services, his untiring seal and unflag
ging energy In the discharge of his
duties while president.
The Alliance then adjourned sine
die.
PRESIDENT HBUKMAUX SLAIN.
Tbe Republic ot Bento Domingo
Loom Its Haler by A see—I nation.
General Ulysses Heureeux, presi
dent of the republic of Santo Domingo,
was asca-tslnated at Maco on the 26th
of July.
The name of the murderer it Ramoa
Caceros. He succeeded In making bis
escape, but an energetic pursuit was
at once begun, end it is probable tbet
he elll soon be captured. Vice Presi
dent General Weooeslao Kiguereoo,
Immediately upon the announcement
of tbe president's death, assumed the
direction of affairs.
Moca, the town wherein Heureaux
wan killed, is e smell piece twenty
five miles from Puerto Plato, where be
was born. "It Is not known wbet
Heureeux was doing there at the time
Ulysses Heureeux, who for eeventeei
years bed been president of the re
public of Santo Domingo, was a sort
of Napoleon la this negro republic of
the West Indies, bat a Napoleon who,
aflei years of autocratic power, had
assumed the manners of so oriental
despot. It wee e queer sight for vis
itors to this bankrupt little republic
on tbe eastern end of the island, of
Heytl to see e ruler with the air* of e
cser, tbe politeness of a Parisian—at
times—tbe morals of a sultan and a
defiant bravado that made him a dic
tator. AAnd all this under the thin
guise of a republican form of govern-!
meat.
Uoureax was fifty-three years old. I
He was born in Puerto PiAto, the i
iof 1
attracted by the stories of
flocked there, aad
the natives were soon reduced to
slavery, although they made a gallant
reelataaoe.
In 1630 a colon/ of French and En-
r llsh established themselves oa tba
land of Tortuga, aad noon became
e under the name W bae- Rmnnu tome
TO*pgalaed a footlnv on the Bwer .oms of tbi
0 .t —* *>/ »!>• tlont through tt
oaaeers.
mainland
of Ryawlck (1697) a part of the
which they held waa ceded to France.
The colony called Salat Domnique,
take] languished awhile uadar the restric
tions Imposed 4Q Jthe trade by the
mother country, but after 1722, when
these were removed, It attained a high
degree of pio#parity, and It' waa in a
flourishing state when the French re
volution broke out in 1789. /
A most destructive internal war be
gan in the colony In 1791, resulting
from the demand made by the mulat-
toes that the principles of the revolu
tion be extended to the island. The
war raged for several years, both sides
trying apparently to outdo each other
in acts of cruelty.
In 1793 the abolition of slavery in
thb colony was proclaimed. By the
treaty with Spain made in 1796, France
had acquired the title to the entire
island which now received the name of
Saint Domingue. France held the
Island with her troops until 1804,
though she had struggles with the
natives and with the British. In that
i ear Independence was declared and
lessallnes was made governor for Ufa.
In October of the same year he pro
claimed himself emperor. He was as
sassinated in 1606. '
General Bover was the first presi
dent of the nipubllc, beginning his
rule ia 1822. He held the presidency
until 1843, when he was driven from
the island by a revolution. From that
time to the present date the unhappy
island has been torn with revolutions.
postmi
board
STATE NEWS AND NOTES.
Political and InduswUI Items ol Value
to Our Reeder*.
—Governor McSweeney has accepted
tbe resignation of W. P. Snellgrove,
as supervisor for Anderson County, to
take effect on the 1st of September.
Mr. Snellgrove Is going Into the cotton
mill business.
—The people of Florence are Indig
nant over the appointment of a negro
tmaster. The city council end
of trade went him removed
Senator M:LeurIn will entreat Prest
dent McKinley to change his appoint
ment.
—Col. Henry T. Thompson has de
dined the appointment as senior cep
teln of tbe Twenty-ninth Infantry
Mr. Thompson’s resignation is due
his appointment as commandant
tbe principal military academy
Ohio, which he has accepted.
—The Secretary of State has Issued
a commission to James P. Gossett, H
C. Wilson. R. A. Gray, B C. Martin
and H. R Bar more, of Wltliamsten
as corporators of the Bank of William
ston. The capital stock is to be 620,
000, divided into shares of 660 each.
—There are only two dispensary cob
stables in Columbia now, so far as
known, and they are wearing their
pistols la a belt around their waists
and tbe weapons can be seen by any
one. Tbe constables are doing this In
obedience to orders recently issu id by
the Governor.
—The Southern Railway has let the
contract for building throe large ware
bouses at their water terminus In Char
lesion. The door room will cover
nearly two acres adfe will be large
enough for oresent.needs. When com
pleted the road will be able to handle
big shipments for forelgn-porte
—The sheriff of Saluda has written
to Governor McSweeney to secure tbe
necessary requisition papers for Ma
rlon, alias Muss DsLoach, who Is now
in Alabama. He Is wanted in Saluda
fer assault and battery with Intent to
kill. Tbe requisition has been Issueil
our
ave
per ton by your
ago; see what you then paid for
fertilizers, and see today; you
saved from 65 to 610 per ton by
united action. Say we use 350,000 tons,
take a saving of $5 a ton; you *rHl see
that wo have saved to ouroelves
$1,750,000.
Take bagging and ties, and when we
were fully united, see what we did, and
behold what a lesson we taught the
world of trade.
Finally, let me tell you that It is ab
solutely necessary that we shall reor
ganize for self-protection.
Let me warn you that the day of com
petition Is doomed, Is at an end.
You have heard It said that competi
tion is the life of trade v but we, have
lived to see ’‘competition" stricken out
and the word combination substituted,
so the adage goes to lay : '‘Com bin a lion
la tha life of trade.”
Look about you ; the products of la
bor are everywhere; you cannot main
tain a well ordered life or home with
out them : every object in your house
has on U for discerning eyes the work
of ingenious tools and the pressure ot
labors haod t yet the laborer and pro
ducer cannot enjoy it..
We must meet combination with com
bination ; we must meet brains with
brains; we must organize In order to
hold our hand against organized trusts
and oombines. When the Alliance has
fully organised and the home flnanoes
have been protected a« to give labor iw
due reward; erheo our alms have
reached their full fruition, then It mev
be said that tha Alllanos has reached
l-
nearest city to the little town of Meco, ' end De Loach will be brought beck
' —C»H Whf*onant, the second son of
, too Hon. C. W. Wuiaooeet. of Gbero
k*o County, killed hlmteif Thursday
morning He was 16 years old end an
! expert gunner. He took his breach
loader out of tbe houee, and while he
was In tbe portico tbe gun was a<fe
cidently oLcbargtd and he fell dead.
- Charlee Wilson, the n gro who
killed Private Godfrey, of Anderson’s
| battery volunteers, le*t September end
l who has been at large since, was
brought from Kansas and lodged in
all at Charleston. He was traced to
ansas, where be worked lu mines
Tbe evidenu* against Wilson is con
elusive.
—In 1892 Governor Tillman offered
reward or 675 for tbe arrest of George
Moody, who was accused of k llisg
Henry Jones, in Darlington County.
Mr. John E. Dennis, who writes from
the office of tbe sheriff of Florence
County, says that after a great deal of
trouble be has,, arrested Moody and
turned him over to the sheriff of Dar
lington County.
• —The re-election of Gen. C. I. Walker
as commander of the South Carolina
divfkion was a high compliment to tls
ability and fitness for the position
Gen. Walker expressed himself as not
being a candidate for the poet, and
stated that on account of his business
cares he must decline a nomination for
re-election. The Convention would
not hear of this proposal, aad re-elected
him unanimously over his protest. Gen.
Walker finally accepted with thrpro-
vise that If he found the duties of the
position interfered with his business
he would resign. .
—Congressman Stokes, at the next
session of Congress, expects to present
a bill providing for the printing of the
valuable South Carolina colonial re
cords, which this State a few years
ago obtained from the originals >n
England. The State h d the copies of
the records made at a total cost of
about $6,000, and the manuscript is
now filed away at the Slate cepltol in
the office of the Secretary of State.
The State Is uqable to have the print
ing done, and tbe documents are of
such great value that Dr. Stakes has
been moved to prepare a bill looking
to an appropriation from the nation.!
government for the purpose.
where he was assassinated . His
parents were poor, He became a com
mon »old ter and by bravsry, brains
and dash soon won high command.
All (he West Indies at one time or
another have feught Spain. Santo
Domingo did, and Heureaux became a
general in that war. He was a fighter—
a fearless, reckless one, wbom bullets
HI....... could not slop. He received several
497’uU0l00Dfof them In bis body, but did not mind
' lihsm. Finally, when warfare palled,
ha became a politician, and his suc
cess In that exciting game was so greet
tbet his military record wee over
shadowed.
In 1882 Heureeux was alerted presi
dent of the republic, and with four re-
elections continued in power to the
day of his death. He had nopeaceful,
ussy time. Hts years In office were
filled with conspiracies, political In
trigues and open Insurrections that put
his keenest abilities to the test.
This autocratic president delighted
to prowl about his capital in disguise.
He had a double reason—one gallant
ry, the other political. He was fond
of romantic adventures, and set a
Parisian pace la bis little tropical
city. The newspapers never dared to
print the stories that were gossiped
about him.
Santo Domingo, or the island of
Haytl, Is the largest, except Cuba, of
the West Indian group. Its greatest
length, from Cape Eogane on tbe east
to Cape Tiburon on the west, Is 407
miles ; its greatest breadth, from Cape
Beats on the south to the farthest
point on the north coast, Is 160 miles,
and the area Is 28,000 square miles.
It Is separated from Cuba on the
west by about 70 miles and from Porto
Rico on the east by about 60 miles.
The Mona passage separates Santo
Domingo ana Porto Rioo, and Wind
ward pessagi separates Cuba from
Santo Domingo.
It Is essentially a mountainous coun
try, but between the ranges there are
many fertile plains. Wild cattle, hogs
and dogs, descendants from those
brought from Europe, roam at large on
plains and in the forests.
The population of the Island is about
700,000, of which 660,000 are the sub
jects of the Haytien republic in the
west, and 150,000 ai'e the subjects of
the Dominican republic in the east.
Of the Dominican subjects about 25,000
are of African descent. The language
apjken la an impure French in the
west and Spanish In the east. '
Agriculture Is verv backward, and
tha implements used are rude. The
staple productions for which the is
land was onoe famous are now Imper-
festljr'-eultlvated or are neglected al
together. The buslaaas of the country
Is chiefly ia tha hands of foreigners.
French end Spanish are tbe most
numerous classes, but there are also
some Germans, Italians, and natives of
the United States, settled chit fly along
tbe coast town*.
Columbus landed on the Island at
tba St. Nicholas Mole, December 6th.
1492. Tbe Islaad was then occupied
by about 2,000,000 of a very low
of humaaity. Adventurer* from
ana reached I of humanity.
CASTOR IA
Por Infants and Children.
Tli Kkd Ym Han Alvayt Bocgtit
Bears
tha
of
Many druggiaU apeak a good word for
Alligator Liniment, although most of
them have linimanta of their own. Tbe
truth moat behold sometimes, and it is the
truth that alligator Llutment cures
where other* fell. It penetratee down to
the cause and roots of the pain. Bold
everywhere.
IR ABTROROMY
Answers Inquiries About the
t Reason-Borne Koike are
With a Devil.
that I had batter an
ise Interesting ques
tion! through the far-reaching medi
um of the press. Here are three In
quiries from among your readers who
wish to know something definite about
these so-called dog days. Of course, I
know only what I get from books, but
a vast multitude neve not the books
nor access to them.- Whether the
advent and the Influence of dog days
be b superstition or a fact, all that is
known should be disseminated.
Pliny and Herodotus both wrote
about dog days 400 years before Christ.
Ancient astronomers and modern ones
agree la ascribing to Sirius a very ma
lignant Influence when it arises in con
junction with the sun, for it is the
orighteat star In the heavens and its
great heat added to the' heat of the
sun increases and intensifies the .tern
perature as long as this conjunction
continues. But this rising with the
sun is not a fixed day. It varies from
tne 3rd of July to the 15th of August,
and{hence the almanac maffers take
an average day and set down July 20th
es the first de g day. Some date it July
24th, but these dates may misa It two
or three weeks.
It is generally believed that these
dog days continue for forty days, but
In fact that Is an indefinite period, for
the conjunction of Sirius with the sun
'sometimes lasts for fifty-four days. The
sum of the whole matter Is that about
this time of the year we mey look for
very hot weather and showers almost
every day, and to call it fodder pulling
weather would be as good a name as
any. Whether Sirius has anything to
do with It or not we can only sur
mise, but Sirius is the dog star Cpd
gave tbe name. Sirius Is the very
brightest star In the heavens, and is in
the mouth of a big dog-a.constella
tion that the ancient astronomers
named cants major. The anclant Egyp
tians mapped off tbe starry heavens
with Imaginary animals and men, such
as dogs, bears, dragons, bulls, Her
cules, Orloo, etc., end the names they
gave to groups of stars have never
been changed. There is a big dog and
a little dug, a big bear and a little bear,
a big dipper and a little dipper
Right in the tip of tbe tail of the
little bear is a very notable star called
the Pole star, or North star, that navi
gators used to eall by and they called
It Cynoekuroe, which in Greek means
a dog tall. From this name we have
the word cynoeure and so when we say
of a beautiful woman In an assembly
that she was tbe cynosure of ell eyes It
Is equivalent to saying that she wos
the dog teitaf the coroern. Just how
the sailors got to celling this star the
dogtall is apt known, for It Is really io
ursa minor, the little beer’* tell. Tbe
ancients gave many names to tha stars
to fit tbi things in nature that they re
sembled. The word comet comes from
cometus, which meaps a mare’* tall.
Tbe word lunatic comes from luns, the
moon, for the ancients believed tbet
tbe mind was affected by changes >0
the moon.
Those old Egyptians were very im
aginative and superstitious, but they
were very learned. How they got so
far ahead of tbe Hebrews, God’s favor
Ite people, we do not know. Their
astronomy, mathematics and arcbitec
turn have never been Improved. Jbe
Scrip.ures tell us that Moses was learn
ed In all the wisdom of the Egyptians
Job asks : “Gantt thou bind tbo sweet
Influeeoee of Pleiades or looss tba
bands of Orion V Amos calls them tbe
seven star* and mythology nam^s them
the seven sisters, but modern astrono
mers say there never were but six and
there are only six no*. H no tbe
peystitlon about the lost Pleiad. Their
“tweet Influences" are said to come
from the fact that wt^never seen In the
heaven* It It a sign of good weather, and
a safe lime for vesaols to sell, for pluiad
meant a sail. It It like the pretty
word halcyon that literally meant duck
a.g-tlma, for the elder duck never
oullds Its nest on the cliff* by the sea
until pleasant weather comes to stay
for tha season. Hence the word els
tbe see end eon an egg.
But 1 reckon this is enough about
dog days. It Is a relief In these troubled
times to have something to write about
besides the Philippines end war seen
dels end mobs up North and iynchings
down South and Kentucky politics.
There ere good people everywhere
who would love to live In pence with
their neighbors and tbe rest of man
kind, but some folks ore possessed with
n devil nowadays, just Ilka they used
to be asd there Is nobody to cost them
out. The people feed upon excitement
more than they used to do. Commu
nities want sensations and politicians
and preachers can be found who get
them up. Governor Northen had hardly
rot the Bostonians soothed down be-
ore that Miss Jewett gets up a counter
irritant and wnnte to raise a thousand
dollars to oome to Charleston and move
the baker family to Boston. Why, It
won’t take more than a hundred- They
can be seni without her coming if they
wsnt to go. There’s a nigger In that
woodpile sure. She either wants' to
marry one or put $900 of that money
n her pocket. Wonder if she would*
ent like to come to Early County and
take away a few more orphans. The
way they dp things down in Early suits
our people generally. Suppose lynch
ing does not stop these outrages,
rattlesnake bites a man we kill the
snake. If a tiger carries off a child
to the jungle the brute Is pursued and
cillea. These negro brutes are in-
ilnltaly worse tkan snakes or tigers
and have more sense. Suppose they
are not identified according to law, no
I [ood negro la In danger and the bad
ones are nf no consequence. The devil
gets them a little sooner, that’s all.
Let tbe North how’. They bave
lowled before. Let Thurber issue his
Ipse dixit. He has made millions out
of the South nnd -1 hope our people
will boycott him. The Impudent, im
pertinent, conceited swell. Such ut
terances of his don’t jostle the wagon.
The South is just rolling along as
usual. Tbe North is having their
bloody strikes and rows and riots and
we have a lynching for every outrMe,
so let the procession proceed. The
difference la that with us no good citi
zen, white or black, la in danger, but
up North everybody is in danger. Life
and property at Oteveland have-been
wantonly destroyed and the innocent
have suffered more than tbe guilty:
What does Thurber care so he can
keep his government costracts to fur
nish the army with canned goods ? In-
Keraoll never painted a more pitiful
picture than tbe iniquty, the horrors
and the tears of that Philippine war.
was enough to convince even him
that there Is obliged to be anothar
world, a judgment to even up things.
Of course, the professional military
men are for war. B ood aad tears are
nothing with them. Vldtory, ftme
sod promotion are their sole ambition,
and Ilka Satan in “Paradise Lost,”
they exi
war.”
We are a long suffering people. An
other London paper has been sent to
me called Tha Christina. Almost all
of it Is good orthodox reading, but an
American correspondent gives n long
catalogue ot our recent Iynchings In
the South nnd among them Is a negro
man from Griffin for asking for a drink
of soda water and a white girl sight
years old lynohad at Hampton, Ga., for
no known cause. An Englishman
traveled from Atlanta with one of our
townsmen and said: ‘‘Whv these ne
gur-ros seem to be quite happy and
very well elad. I hear them laughing
merrily around tha dapoa. I had sup
posed they were very miserable, In
deed. Did you ever kill a negur-ro ?”
“No, sir ; no, sir. Why do you ask me
that question ?” “Well, I had supposed
that every mao in the South killed
one or more negur-ros every day or
two.**'—
Now there it is. The man was In
earnest. Ida Wells and her sort made
them believe those lies and this iman
Thurber is backing them up. Tbe
very paper that published his speech
and had in big head lines, “The Tnae-
curity of Life and Property at the
Scuth,” had in tbe next column, “More
Troops for Cleveland,” and the,-Gath
ollc bishop says “Anarchy reigns. Riot
prevails. Visitors fear to enter our poi -
tals. Our citizens are in danger of their
lives,” etc. Thurber can’t see that.
Never mind, we will givelhem Early
County now for chewing gum.
Bill Ary.
THE TEU8T blCISION IN NEW
JERSEY.
Tax New Cotton Tariff.-The
State railroad commission has made
J iubllc its new standard tariff of cotton
relght rates, which becomes effective
August 26. The tariff provides for a
reduction of from 26 to 36 per cent,
on the present 1 ate, which was estab
lished when the Slate was produc
ing not more than 400,000 bales of cot
ton.
Starting out with a rate of 6 cents
for hauls of 10 miles and under the ter
Iff increases five miles at a time, the
rate Increasing with it one cent at
each jump up to 100 miles. The mile
» e tneu jumps by tens up to 200, the
to-100 rate being 25 cents, locrea*
ing one cent for each jump until the
200 mark is reached that being the
same as 170 to-180 rate—84 cents. Be
yond 200 miles the mileage jumps are
20 at a time and the rate loerei
cent for each 20 miles, the final 300 to-
320 rate being 40 cents.
This Is said to be the ioWest local
cotton freight tariff of any now In op
eratlon In the United States. It was
prepared and adopted by the commis
sion only after a thorough study of the
question and after numerous hearing*
accorded thereliroed traffic manager*.
The new rate will mean much to the
farming and the cotton mill Interests
ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREBT
if.
(Juslnc and Carious Paragraph*
, Gathered from Various Bouroea.
—At the Paris exposition there will
be a colossal orchestra of 467 perform
era.
—When Aguinaldo was a student at
the San Juan seminary, In Manila he
edited a boy’s psp.r called La Re
public.
—It 1* now estimated that the loss
occasioned by the recent flood In Tex**
emoun's to 618 UUU.UOO, one-third of
which eum represents the o.tton de
•tro>ed.
~-arll lakes 41.U0U UUU eyeer to support
th6 boy king of Spain, while hi* ms
draws 650,000 e year pocket mone
Royalty comes high, but some peop
must have It.
—The census of Cube will oe taken
Jby.United State* aoldler*. This pur
pose of tbe administration can hardly
be taken otherwise then a* Indicating
that there is no present Intention of
letting Cube work out her own destiny.
—Tbs net earnings of the Southern
Railway Company for June were 6506,
126.72 e gain of $106,151.65 ovor the
same month last year. The earning*
for the pa«l twelve months have been
67,997,330.70 an increase over the pre
vloue twelve months of $1,025,477.65.
—Lightning caused the death of 367
person* In tbe United State* lest year
and e property loss of 61,441,660. Few
of tbe death* occurred io cities. Tbe
annual number of thunderstorms at
iven localities In this country average
tween thirty-five end forty-five. The
maximum is In tbe Southeastern
States.
—September 12, the day selected by
the municipal authorities of Baltimore
for the presenta'.lon 0/ a sword to
C»pt. N. M. Dyer, of the cruiser Bsltl
more, is the anniversary of the battle
of North Point, Md., which occurred
In 1812. It was on the night of that
day that Francis Scott Key wrote
” The Star Spangled Banner.’ 1
—Something like 611,000,000 in gold
has already come Into the United
States from the Klondike this season,
and the director of the mlaV-
at least 67,000.000 or $8,000,000 more
is likely to be received. The output
last year amounted to about 610,000,
000. The active money volume of the
country will be materially Increased
from this new source of supply.
—Edward Marshall, the war corres
ponderit who was wounded at Las Guns-
a mas, Cuba, haa undergone amputa
tion of a leg. The operation was made
necessary because of paralysis, and in
order to retard its progress. Mr. Mar-
M * shdIL wai wounded In the spine, and
at the time both legs were paralyzed.
His courage and Indomitable will aided
materially In restoring him partially
to health.
It would be well for the people of all
our rural districts if they would have
more such assemblages, thus giving
themselves into closer touch with each
other and devising plans by which to
add to their enjoy meut. One of the
greatest*evils of rural life in Georgia is
the isolation which is forced upon the
farming classes. This trouble might be
removed if our farmers would only or
ganize themselves and pome together
ofteuer, not through formal program
mes, but spontaneously, as it were, and
by securing the presence of a few
prominent gentlemen they might hold
an jmproiuptiu Chautauqua of their
own. ,
Cuttings taken in August for winter
house-plants should be rooted in .the
usual manner in a propagating-bed ar
ranged for the purpose. This is prao
ticable in the couservatory, but for
those who have not such a good,place
{or this work the “saucer system of
rooting'’ Is recommended, which con
sists of flat pans or satfcera, in which is
placed two inches of sand. The cuttings
are placed in this sand, which ia kep
constant!) wet and in the sun. It is
highly important that the sand be kept
wet during the entire time of tooling.
—Woman's Home Companion. . .
The recent decision of the New Jer
sey Court of Errors and Appeals on the
powers of trusts in that State is worthy
of more than a paseiug notice. • U
demonstrates anew the power of the
law for good or evil, and the tendency
some times to use it detrimental to the
public good. In reference to the power
of corporatiOrfr oi trusts to absorb the
businesa of competing Corporations or
persons it says:*
“Under such powers It is obvious
that a corporation may purchase the
plant and business of competing in
dividuals and concerns. The Legisla
ture might have withheld such powers
or imposed limitations upon their use.
In the absence of any prohibition or
limiiation of their powers in this re
spect, it is impossible for the courted©
pronounce acts done under legislative
grant to be inimical to public policy.
The grant of tbe Legislature authoriz
ing and permitting such acts must fix
for tbe Courts a character and limit of
public policy in that regard. It fol
lows that a corportion empowered to
carry on a particula^business may law
fully purchase the plant and business
of competitors, although such pur
chases may diminish, or for a time des
troy, competition. Contracts Tor such
purchases cannot be refused enforce
ment.”
‘Under a syslem of checks, as our
government, State and National is sup
posed to be, the three grand divisions,
Executive, Legislative jmd Judiciary,
are supposed to be the checks, each one
ociing within., ita .proper sphere, as a
check upon the undue encroachment of
one branch upon another of ths three,
nr upon The rights of the people whom
they represent. But in the language
which we have quoted, the Judiciary
grants to the Legislative branch an ex
tent of power which we believe is not
justified by sound legal views and cer
tainly dangerous to the public good.
If tbe Legislature can go to any length
m its law making powers provided ii
does not transgress any express pro
hibition of the Constitution from which
e it derives its |H>wert, then certainly it
possesses a dangerous power which we
believe to be undemocratic. The march
of events and the amazing develop
ments of modern- civilization soon get
beyond the bounds of the letter of a
Constitution, and if only the strict let
ter and not the spirit is to be observed
by the law making power, with no
check from the other co-ordinate
branches of the government, then cer
tainly it is tune that a halt waa called
by the people and a new departure
taken. With due deference to tbe
Court which rendered the opinion, we
believe that tbe broad ground of public
policy can be interposed to annul legis
lation, which while uot expressly pro
hibited by the constitution, is certainly
mimical to the best interests of the
whole people. And we further believe
that in passing on such a law the Court
itself, and not the l^egislature, is the
|>owsr that finally decides whether any
law is against public policy or not.
During the passage of the law the leg
islature it supreme, if those in favor cf
its {tassage be, numerically strong
enough to pass it.ovq^a gubernatorial
veto; but once it becomes n law, expos
ed to the scrutiny of tbe highest judicial
tribunal, the power of the Legislature
ceases and that of the Court begins.
And when tbe C'ouit says that the pas
sage of su act by a Legislature fixes the
limit aud character of public policy, it
abdicates its |>ower and its right of
decision in such a case. The trend of
judicial decisions in this country as
far as we have observed, has been in
harmony with this position, and against
tbe iKjeition taken bv the New Jersey
Court. It is the only decision, so far as
we know, that squarely decides in favor
of the trusts iu one of the most vital
points at issue. Iu this whole matter
of the trusts it is of vital importance to
the people that public officials should
do their full duty. They stand between
the people and the trusts, aud the
former should demaud that they should
do even justice, always remembering
that a 'basic principle of Republican
goverumeut is the greatest good to the
largest number.—Practical Farmer.
T6 Moth Every housewife that
is a Christian, should endeavor to make
her home according to her highest idoal
ol what a Christian home ought to be.
“In earth as it is in heaven,” should be
the motto. Clean, tidy, bright, cheer
ful, pure. Her cooking and cleanliness
'will hate; much to do with the life and
character of her husband and children.
There is uot much excuse for dirt, sob-
by biscuits, and cloudy tumblers.
Above all things resist the scolding
devil, “As the angels in heaven.”
No better way to send the husband “up
town,” and the boys to the dogs and
destruction. The writer appreciates
your trials aud discouragements; your
drudgery, toil, and the wear and tear
of your nervous system. He knows
you are often overworked, and your
work sometimes docs not seem to pe
appreciated by the thoughtless other
sex, but scolding does not improve
matters, and only addslo tbe burden of
your own life, and spoils all the pleas
ure of tbe honie. Make your home as
near like heaven as you can, and when '
your tired life is ended you will forever
be glad that you tried.
Gov. Mount, of Indiana, is the owner
of a model farm and takes a great in
terest in agriculture. Frequently he
spends whole days in the field, working
with the farm hands at the hardest
kind of farm labor.
A Positive CURE rod CORORftnCA AND
CWSlt IN IT0*O*V* *OU)eV MUOSIST*. AM
TAKE NO OTHER TRY IT TODAY
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